Agilent Technologies Switch/Measure manual Front-Panel Number Format

Features and Functions 2

•You can display a message on the front panel by sending a command from the remote interface. The instrument can display up to 18 characters on the upper line of the front- panel display; any additional characters are truncated (no error is generated). You can use letters (A- Z), numbers (0- 9), and special characters like “@”, “%”, “*”, etc. Use the “#” character to display a degree symbol (°). Commas, periods, and semicolons share a display space with the preceding character, and are not considered individual characters.

•While a message is displayed on the front panel, readings from a scan or monitor are not sent to the front- panel display.

•Sending a text message to the display overrides the display state; this means that you can display a message even if the display is turned off. In addition, pressing any front- panel key will clear the text message.

Remote Interface Operation: The following command turns off the front- panel display.

DISPLAY OFF

The following command displays a message on the front panel and turns on the display if currently disabled (the quotes are not displayed).

DISPLAY:TEXT "SCANNING ..."

To clear the message displayed on the front panel (without changing the display state), send the following command.

DISPLAY:TEXT:CLEAR

Front-Panel Number Format

The instrument can show numbers on the front- panel display with periods or commas for the decimal point (radix) and thousands separator.

This feature is available from the front panel only.

•The number format is stored in non- volatile memory, and does not change when power has been off, after a Factory Reset (*RST command), or after an Instrument Preset (SYSTem:PRESet command).

•When shipped from the factory, a period is used as the radix character and commas are used for the digits separator (e.g., +1.234,56 VDC).

Front Panel Operation: Utility > MISC. SETTINGS > RADIXTHOUSAND SEPARATOR

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